Ivanka Trump, right, watches as her father delivers a policy speech on child care on Tuesday in Aston, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Donald Trump says he has gone where no GOP presidential nominee has gone before with promises of paid maternity leave and federal subsidies for child care. Accompanied by his daughter, Ivanka, Trump unveiled his plan in a speech outside Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, the Wall Street Journal reports. His campaign says the estimated $2.5 billion cost of providing six weeks of paid maternity leave through unemployment benefits will be covered by reducing waste elsewhere in the program. He promised to make child care tax-deductible for couples making less than $500,000, and give "spending rebates" of up to $1,200 to lower-income families. A roundup of coverage:

NPR takes a close look at the plan—which also includes special savings accounts for caring for children and elderly relatives—and at how the Trump campaign says it will pay for it. The funding plan involves "comprehensive tax and economic reform," according to a campaign spokesman.

The Washington Post notes that Trump's paid maternity leave looks a lot like the "Baby UI" plan that Bill Clinton supported in 1999, which the Bush administration rolled back in 2003.

Fiscal conservatives aren't happy about what they see as an expansion of government spending, though the New York Times reports that social conservatives are pleased that Trump's plan includes tax credits for stay-at-home moms.

"My opponent has no child care plan," Trump said. Politico, however, notes that Hillary Clinton's plan includes 12 weeks of paid maternity leave, to be paid for by raising taxes on the rich.

coming from someone who has collectively spent 6 weeks of Dad time with all of his insane brood of hangers on err trmp bots it makes sense

Fronteir94600

Sep 14, 2016 9:20 PM CDT

He doesn't use a TAX CREDIT. He uses a TAX DEDUCTION. Tax deductions don't help the middle class and the poor. TAX CREDITS do. Trump is an ignorant carnival barker. Hillary Clinton has stressed the welfare of families & their children for DECADES!!! If Trump really cared, he could ask Congress to pass a law that allows TAX CREDITS. After all, isn't he the leader of the party???

Kenja

Sep 14, 2016 7:24 PM CDT

I bet not one employees is under this supposed plan within his company.